Our one-line pitch is…
Bergaffe is a perennial applicable multifunctional toolset for all sports and nature enthusiasts.
Introduce your team, and tell us one interesting thing about each member. We are…
Lukas (Design) – F&E are soon to replace Lukas´ middle name. He is all geared up when it comes to technology and function.
David (Business) is your go-to person when it comes to contacts, sales and numbers. His hobbies are hitting the slopes and having beers with friends.
Philip (IT) is our tech-guy. You know, the one, who apparently can do anything with a computer.
Laura (Media & Communication) is your gal when it comes to all things Internet and juggling the pixels. Do not feed after midnight.
Eva (Comic) is our genius behind the comic and pro wielder of the wacom drawing board.
Alexander (Design) started out as our intern and we thought, “Well, why the hell not keep him? Might need a scapegoat”.
Jan (Design) is our moral compass and the one who sets us straight when things get out of hand- and things do get out of hand quite a lot.
Alexandra (Comic) is the background-girl. Not the girl in the background, but the one who did all the backgrounds in the comics.
Sasa (Business) is the one that knows all the legal stuff. Always researching, always checking for splleing mistkaes.
Daniel (Law & Tax) is the tax guy. When there is a hack he knows it for sure.
Photo credit: Sam Strauss
We received our initial capital through…
Self-investment and the AplusB Incubator build! in Carinthia. Right now we are preparing a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter to make things happen.
The real pain about starting a business in Austria…
Are the taxes on employees, which makes it difficult for small businesses to properly pay their hardworking employees.
The person that inspires us is…
Actually an animal: our Bergaffe. It is our spirit-animal and comes alive in the comics.
The one app/service that we couldn’t live without is…
Kickstarter and Whatsapp. We are always available. We also use Facebook Pages, where we keep track of our fanpage.
The one thing we would save from our burning office is…
Our sports gear, our prototypes and our comics.
The worst piece of advice we ever got was…
To orientate on existing benchmarks. But there are no comparable products on the market.
The one thing that will make us quit is…
If we run out of time and motivation… and since we are young and eager that won’t happen so soon. 😉
Our inside joke is…
“Scheiß di ned on“ (“Don’t be a pussy”) since you need to be a bit of a daredevil in the Austrian startup scene to actually establish a hardware startup.
You might not believe it, but…
In each of us beats the heart of a little mountain monkey – Bergaffe.
Photo credit: BergaffeWe’ll call ourselves successful when…
We can implement a successful business model in which the whole distribution chain is part of our success. Living, acting, and producing local. We want to prompt a “common sense (Hausverstand)” for producing local, fair goods and still be competitive with affordable articles. Quality and longevity is an aspiration.
The startup we really want to see on inventures’ Startup Pick is…
Our office neighbours Sportly. We think their App is great and it keeps us fit as well.
Visit bergaffe.com to get in touch.
